Thank you, Senator @ossoff, for taking the time to hear from our immediate past chair @colleenfkelley about the importance of fully funding federal HIV programs to end the HIV epidemic in the U.S. We appreciate your thoughtful response and commitment to this work.

As a former U.S. Surgeon General who held an active medical license and practiced medicine while in the role (at Walter Reed and aboard the USS Comfort) it is incomprehensible that the Senate is even considering a nominee for this role who lacks any active license and has never practiced unsupervised. 🤯

The administration’s “anti-vaccine stance has interrupted the reliable flow of the data we need to keep Americans safe from preventable infections,” writes IDSA CEO Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, FIDSA, in a new @AnnalsofIM editorial. bit.ly/4t2RiTf

By withdrawing from @who and its global efforts to combat polio, ebola and cervical cancer, the US is effectively siding with viruses and bacteria against modern medicine.

Bill Foege, rest in peace. He was a hero of public health, key to the eradication of smallpox (which killed more than half a billion people), a former head of CDC, and unfailingly wise, kind, and persistent. @celinegounder recalls his life beautifully: wapo.st/3M51JVO

William H. Foege, Key Figure in the Eradication of Smallpox, Dies at 89 nytimes.com/2026/01/24/us/wi… via @NYTimes The world has lost a true giant of public health. I was privileged to know him and to call him my friend and mentor over the last 30 years. Rest in peace Bill!

Powerful voices came together at IDWeek 2025 #CutsKill Quilt Rally to call for the protection of HIV funding! Thanks to the #SaveHIVFunding campaign & manager Maxx Boykin, and speakers HIVMA Chair Colleen Kelley, MD, MPH, FIDSA, actor and advocate Javier Muñoz and former CDC executive Dr Demetre Daskalakis.

Today’s ACIP meeting promoted false claims and misguided information about vaccines. AAP will continue stepping up and working with our local, state and federal partners to make sure every child in every community continues to have access to immunizations. bit.ly/4puP4uf

Louisiana is in its worst whooping cough (pertussis) outbreak in 35 years. 368 cases this year, including two infants who have died. Since last fall, 63 have been hospitalized, 65% infants. Most hospitalized were not up-to-date on vaccines. 

The DTaP/Tdap vaccines protect against whooping cough, as well as tetanus and diphtheria, which also remain dangerous threats to children. These vaccines are safe, effective, and life-saving. Talk to your doctor about any questions you may have.

#2 Dear FL, Without vaccine mandates, your vaccination rates will fall below the herd immunity thresholds for diseases. For example, measles is so highly contagious that 95% of people must be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity. FL vacations will become dangerous for us. Love, GA

To be clear none of the people @SecKennedy mentioned work in the National Center for Immunizaton and Respiratory Diseases at CDC. He has not been briefed by experts. Where is he getting his information on your health? Thanks @SenatorLujan for that important question. #publichealth

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RT @PeterHotez: Florida will repeat what happened in West Texas (where immunization rates are low): 100 measles hospitalizations 2 needle…

RIP Disney World, hello Whooping Cough World cnn.com/2025/09/03/health/fl…

Nine former CDC directors published a powerful op-ed about RFK Jr.‘s assault on America’s public health system. These are extraordinary public servants who made major sacrifices to protect Americans. I have tremendous respect for their courage. nytimes.com/2025/09/01/opini…

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." nytimes.com/2025/09/01/opini…

Labor Day shout out to the brilliant hardworking scientists at CDC, NIH and FDA who are being put through the wringer for trying to keep America healthy

90% of flu deaths in kids were unvaccinated… 😞

A gastroenterologist senator and an ophthalmologist senator debating utility and efficacy of HBV vaccination … man I wish we had a panel of trusted epidemiology/infectious disease experts to answer these questions… oh wait

This falsely implies vaccine safety hasn't been extensively studied when COVID vaccines have been monitored through multiple overlapping surveillance systems for years, with hundreds of published studies. Malone's misuse of "efficacy" is telling: efficacy comes from clinical trials (already completed), while this workgroup would review real-world "effectiveness" data. But this isn't high-priority safety review. They're revisiting vaccine misconception greatest hits like mRNA vaccines being "gene therapy" and DNA contamination concerns, which regulators worldwide have definitively addressed. Meanwhile, medical organizations with actual vaccine expertise have been barred from participating. This isn't asking questions regulators never did. It's predetermined activists ignoring years of evidence to validate preconceived conclusions.